Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Last month, India and Pakistan were involved in their most tense standoff in decades.

Driving the drama in India was the Hindu nationalism preached and practiced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

That sectarian outlook will surely influence April's general election.

And tens of thousands of refugees from North Korea wanted to send money back to their impoverished families.

But that is against the law.

So there's an intricate and dangerous network of conspirators to get money into the country.

But first...

Last summer, Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort was put on trial related to charges

stemming from Robert Mueller's investigation into the president.

So he was convicted last August of eight financial crimes in Virginia.

And those charges include conspiracy, money laundering, family report, foreign bank accounts.

John Fasman is our Washington correspondent.

So initially, Paul Manafort got a plea deal from the special counsel from Robert Mueller's office.

But that plea deal was revoked because he was found to have lied to the FBI after he made it.

And he was found to have attempted to contact witnesses.

And so that was revoked and Manafort has remained in jail pending sentencing.

He was in jail leading up to his trial and he has been jailed since.

Mr. Manafort was the first and so far the only person to be convicted as part of the special counsel's investigation.

Today in Virginia, he'll be sentenced for his criminal wrongdoing.

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